Technical Lead - SAP BDC

Department: DIAI, Digital & Technology Platform Services

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Technical Lead with significant technical skills in SAP BDC and strong business acumen to join our team in Coca-Cola Hellenic Digital & Technology Platform Services (DTPS) and be part of the Data Management Platforms team. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the strategy, design, and development of our Data Mesh Platform, enabling data-driven insights, predictive capabilities, and smarter decision-making for end users across all our countries.

As part of our Enterprise Insights Transformation and AI adoption journey, this role plays a pivotal part in driving the modernization of SAP BW leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), and integrating with Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI to build a unified, scalable, and AI-ready data foundation across Coca-Cola HBC.

The role involves significant collaboration with business, IT teams, and Product Management to enable integration and transformation of data from various systems — including SAP — into structures that power analytical solutions, AI/ML models, and data products.

• Lead and mentor a team of platform engineers in delivering high-quality solutions using SAP BDC

• Drive the modernization of SAP BW as part of the Enterprise Insights Transformation, leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) to enable seamless data extraction, harmonization, and exposure from SAP landscapes.

• Work with stakeholders and Product Managers to understand required platform capabilities; support SAP BW to SAP BDC migration journey planning and delivery.

• Own platform lifecycle management, including upgrades, operational stability, reliability, and continuous improvements.

• Drive solution design, testing, troubleshooting, deployment, and operational excellence across Azure environments.

• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and knowledge sharing across engineering teams and platform users.

• Stay updated with the latest Azure data technologies, SAP BDC capabilities, Microsoft Fabric releases, and best practices.

• Ensure that the platform is scalable, reliable, secure, and compliant with organization standards and policies.

• Configure ETL from SAP S/4HANA modules and sub-modules according to approved design documents, including 3rd-party add-ons and integrated components.

• Support the modernization of SAP BW by configuring and validating data extraction, transformation, and loading processes aligned with the transition to SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC).

• Configure and validate integration touchpoints between SAP BDC and downstream analytics platforms — Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI — ensuring data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across the analytics pipeline.

• Analyze business requirements and support fit-to-standard and gap analysis to ensure process harmonization across plants, warehouses, and procurement units — including requirements driven by the Enterprise Insights Transformation program.

• Prepare functional specifications in collaboration with technical and integration teams, including specifications for SAP BDC data exposure and Fabric/Databricks integration objects.

• Support Power BI reporting requirements by ensuring underlying SAP and BDC data structures are correctly configured, validated, and documented to enable reliable semantic models and dashboards.

• Execute unit testing and actively support integration testing and UAT, including end-to-end validation of data flows from SAP BDC into Databricks and Microsoft Fabric environments.

• Support end-user training, knowledge transfer, and process adoption across business units and shared service environments — covering new analytics workflows enabled by SAP BDC, Fabric, and Power BI.

• Provide Level 3 production support, including incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement recommendations across SAP and integrated analytics platforms.

• Contribute to Agile/SAFe delivery processes, including technical planning, prioritization, sprint execution, and cross-team coordination.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field.

• 5+ years of experience in leading and managing engineering teams.

• 5+ years of SAP BW configuration experience in a relevant domain.

• Understanding of SAP BW concepts — including InfoProviders, extractors, transformations, and queries — and awareness of SAP BW modernization approaches (BW/4HANA, SAP BDC).

• Familiarity with SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), including its role in exposing harmonized SAP data to cloud-native analytics consumers.

• Awareness of integration patterns between SAP and modern analytics platforms such as Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI, with the ability to validate configuration and data flows end-to-end.

• Basic familiarity with Power BI reporting and an understanding of how SAP and BDC data layers support BI consumption.

• Proficiency in analyzing business requirements and mapping them to SAP configuration solutions.

• Skilled in mapping and analyzing business processes, with hands-on design, configuration, testing, and go-live experience on SAP implementation projects.

• Proficiency in creating detailed documentation including functional specifications, test scripts, and process guides.

• University degree in a relevant area or equivalent work experience.

• High level of learning agility, adaptability, and a continuous improvement mindset — essential in a rapidly evolving SAP and analytics landscape.

• English language proficiency.

• Knowledge of FMCG or Consumer Products business processes and best practices in the respective business process area is a plus.

• Strong ability to work independently, manage priorities, and deliver under ambiguity.

• Excellent communication skills — able to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders and vice versa.

• Excellent spoken and written English

• Communication, organizational and analytical skills

We are Coca-Cola Hellenic, a growth-focused consumer goods business and strategic bottling partner of the Coca-Cola Company. We bottle, distribute and sell an unrivalled range of products in 29 markets in Europe, Africa and Eurasia. As we do, we create value for all stakeholders, support socio-economic growth and build a more positive environmental impact.

We bring together more than 30,000 people from over 70 nationalities, coming from five continents. The diversity of our markets, from mature to emerging economies, provides a wide range of attractive opportunities for growth.

We nurture our talents. We give opportunities to people across all functions and levels, as well as different geographies, backgrounds and education. We are willing to take a risk on the people we believe in, even if they don’t have the perfect experience. We have faith in what every person can be.

And although we have so much to be proud of, we always stay humble. We believe the real magic happens – for us and for you – when we OPEN UP.

At Coca-Cola HBC, we are an inclusive employer that thrives on diversity. This means our environment provides equal opportunities for all, regardless of race, color, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Join us in nurturing a culture where everyone belongs and contributes to our collective success.